/* 
 * Copyright (c) 2008 Knightsoft
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
*/
package com.knightsoft.util;

import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * Utility for reading files in binary form.
 * 
 * @version 1.0 11/08/08
 * @author 	Michael Shih
 */
public class BinaryFile {
	public static byte[] read(File bFile) throws IOException {
		BufferedInputStream bf = new BufferedInputStream(new FileInputStream(
				bFile));
		try {
			byte[] data = new byte[bf.available()];
			bf.read(data);
			return data;
		} finally {
			bf.close();
		}
	}
	
	/**
	 * @return    byte[]
	 * @exception IOException
	 */
	public static byte[] read(String bFile) throws IOException {
		return read(new File(bFile).getAbsoluteFile());
	}
}
